Wagon end-gate



(No Model.)

G. C. FLAGG.

WAGON END GATE. Patented Sept. 5

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE C. FLAGG, OF LEWISTOVVN, ILLINOIS.

WAGON END-GATE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 504,448, datedSeptember 5, 1893.r

Appiicaionnea June 7,1893. sesam-176,851. (No model.)

.To a/ZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE C. FLAGG, a citizen of the United States,residing at Lewistown, in the county of Fulton and State of Illinois,have invented a new and useful End- Gate, of which the following is aspecification.

The invention relates to improvements in end gates.

The object of the present invention is to improve the construction ofthat class of end gates which are adapted to be lowered to furnishshoveling boards, and to provide simple and effective means for lockingthe end gate in its raised and lowered positions.

The invention consists in the construction and novel combination andarrangement of parts hereinafter fully described, illustrated in theaccompanying drawings, and pointed out in the claims hereunto appended.

In the drawings: Figure 1 is a perspective view of an end. gateconstructed in accordance with this invention, and shown raised. Fig.2isa side elevation of the same, the endgate being lowered to formashoveling board. Fig. 3 is a detail sectionalview of the lower portionof the end gate and the adjacent portion of the wagon body or box. Fig.4 is a detail perspective view of the keeper. Fig. 5 is a detailsectional view, illustrating the manner of connecting the link bars tothe wagon body.

Similar numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts in theseveral figures of the drawings.

1 designates an end gate, supported atits lower edge on a rear bottomcleat 2, of a wagon .body or box 3, and having secured to it triangularsides or wings 4, to enable the end gate to form a shoveling board. Thewings 4. areprovided with securing 'flanges 5, and the end gate has. itsedges secured between the anges 5, which are arranged on the outer faceof the end board or gate, and metal strips or bars 6, located on theinner or upper face of the end gate, flat-headed bolts being employed asfastening devices and having their heads countersunk. The cleat 2 isprovided atits outer edge, which projects beyond the wagon body orbox,with a longitudinal recess 7, and has secured to ;its outer edge a metalstrip 8, which forms a longitudinal groove in the rearward projectingportion of the bottom cleat to receive the lower edge of the end gate,and the latteris rounded at 9 to enable it to readily turn in the grooveof the cleat to form a hinge-joint.

The end gate is locked in a vertical position by levers 10, which areconnected with the body by link-bars 11, and which are provided at theirouter ends with hooks 12 to engage detachably the ends of a keeper 13,of the end gate. The keeper 13 of the end gate is disposed horizontallythereon and is secured toa cleat 14 and has its ends bent inward to formlugs to be engaged by the hooks of the locking-levers. Thelocking-levers are tapered throughout their lengths to enable them to befulcrumed at their inner ends on the end gate atthe securing anges ofthe wings 4, whereby their outer ends set'out from the end gate and maybe readily sprung into and out of engagement with the lugs of the keeper13. The inner ends of the locking-lever are hinged to the link-bars 11,and are connected with the end gate by eyes or staples 15, whichare-adapted, when the end gate is lowered to lform a shoveling board, tobe engaged by the hooks 12 of the operating levers to support the endgate in alowered position. The linkbars are provided at their front endswith openings or eyes and are pivotally connected to theV sides of thebody` by headed lugs 16,

formed integral with plates 17, which are fastened to the sides of thebody or box. The rear ends of the link-bars are slightly bent, and whenthe end gate is lowered they rest upon projecting hooks 18 of braces 19which are secured to the lower ends of the wings and which are adapted,when the end gate'is ina vertical position, to interlockwith hooks 20 ofthe wagon body to fasten the lower end of the end-gate more securely.

It will readily be seen that the end gate and -means for fastening thesame are simple and comparatively inexpensive in construction, that thevend gate may be readily lowered from a vertical position to form ashoveling board, and that it is securely fastened in both positions. Y

The metal strip which .is secured to the transverse cleat of the wagonbody to form the longitudinal groove, has its upper edge locatedslightly below the bottom of the body, and the rounded lower edge of theend gate IOO turns freely in the groove to permit the end gate to bereadily raised and lowered.

The end gate, which is constructed of boards arranged crosswise, has itslower edge rounded only at the inner side, the edge being angular at theouter side or face of the end'gate; and the latter is securely andfirmly held down in the groove of the body by the locking levers andlink bars. The locking levers and link bars permit the end gate to bereadily raised and lowered without their kinking or catching as the linkbars have a vertically swinging movement, and the locking levers ahorizontal swinging movement. The heads of the lugs 16 are verticallyelongated and the eyes 11l of the link bars are elongated longitudinallyof the link bars, whereby the link bars may when raised to a verticalposition be disengaged from the lugs;` but in use they will never assumethis position, and are therefore securely attached to the wagon body.

- -The braces 19 are provided with outwardly extending flanges to formthe hooks 18, and have projecting ends 2l to prevent the link bars fromslippingo` the hooks when the end gate is lowered. i t J Fromtheforegoing the construction, operation and advantages of the inventionwill be readily understood.

'Changes in the form, proportion and the minor details of constructionmay be resorted tofwithout departing from the principle `or sacrificinganyl of the advantages of this invention. f" j l ...What I claim is 1.-rFhecombination of a wagon body, an end gate provided on its outer `face`with=a keeper having lugs at its ends, eyes arranged attthe sides of.the end gate, link-bars. connectedat their `frontends :with the body,and locking-levers arranged in the eyes and hinged to `the rear ends ofthe linkbars and provided iat `their outer endsywith hooks adaptedtoengagelthe keeper when the end gate is in a `vertical position. andtoengage the eyes when the Yend-gate is lowered, substantially asdescribed. Y l f 2. The combination of a wagon body'providedwitlrfheaded lugs forming pivots, .an `endgateprovided at-its sides witheyes,.-a' keeper secured to the outer face of the end gate and providedatits endswith lugs, link- `bars pivoted at their front ends 'tontheibody bythe lugs thereof and arranged in saidieyes, andlocking-levershinged to :the rearrends ofl the link-bars and provided'at theirother ends with hooks for engagingthe keeperrwhen the end gateis-in a vertical position and for engaging the eyes when the end gateislowered, substantially as described.

3; .'llhewcombinationof a wagon body, an end gate having eyes at itssides and provided 4.on its rear face with a horizontal keepenhav inginwardly-extendinglugs atthe ends, linkbars having their front endsconnected with the body and their rear ends arrangedin said eyes, andtapering locking-levers hinged to the rear ends of the link-bars andprovided with hooks and adapted to be fulcrumed on the outer face of theend gate when the latter is in a vertical position and to engage thekeeper, and to engage `the eyes of the end gate when the latter is in alowered position, substantially as described.

4. The combination of a wagon body provided at its rear end with arearwardly-projecting transverse cleat having a longitudinal recess, ametal strip secured to the outer edge of the cleat and forming a groove,an end gate having its lower edge rounded and arranged in the groove andadapted to be lowered to form a shoveling board, and means for lockingthe end gate when in a vertical position and for supporting the samewhen lowered, substantially as described.

5..The combination of a wagon body provided at its i sides with hooks, atransverse cleat secured to the rear end of the body and projectingrearwardly therefrom and` provided with a longitudinal recess, a metalstrip secured to the cleat at the recessed portion thereof and forming agroove, wings having braces and provided with projecting hooks `adaptedto interlock with those of the body, an end gate having a rounded edgearranged in said groove and having the wingssecured to it,andmeans forlocking the end gate `in a vertical position and for supporting it whenlowered, substantially.` as described.

6. The combinationzof a wagon body provided at its sides with hooks andhaving `headed lugs, atransverse `cleat secured to the .wagon body andprojecting rearwardly there- -from and provided :with a longitudinalgroove,

antend gate arranged in the groove and provided with `side wings.` andhaving laterallyprojecting eyes; bracessecured to the wings and havinghooks adapted to interlock with rthose. of the body, link-bars havingtheir front ends pivoted to the body by the lugs thereof and havingtheir` rear ends bent at` an angle and arranged in said eyes andadaptedytobe supported. by the .hooks of the end gate when :the latter:is lowered, a double keeper secured to the outer face of the end gate,and levers hingedfto the rear endsof the link-bars and yprovidedwithhooks for engaging the keeper and the eyesof the end gate, substantiallyas described. f A. j t,:-7.The combination of an end gate constructed ofboards arranged crosswise, wings arranged atthe sides ofthe end gate andprovidedwith inwardly extending flanges arrangedon the `rear face of theend gate,

`metal strips arranged on the front face ofthe end gate at pointsopposite said flanges, and

boltswpassing throughthe Iianges the `end gate and` the metal "stripsand securing `the parts together, substantially as described.

8. The combination of a wagon body, an end 1 gate providedwon its outerface with` a keeper-and having eyes arranged at its sides,

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link-bars connected at their front ends with the body and arranged inthe eyes of the end gate, and the locking levers hinged to the rear endsof the link bars and extending horizontally on the rear face of the endgate when the latter is in a vertical position and engaging the keeperand forming a positive support for the end gate, said locking leversbeing adapted for engaging the eyes'of the end gate when the latter islowered, substantially as described.

9. The combination of a wagon body, an end gate, hooks arranged at thesides of the body at the bottom thereof, wings secured to the end gateand provided near their upper ends with eyes, a keeper arranged on theouter face of the end gate, link bars connected with the body, lockinglevers hingedly connected to the rear ends of the link bars and arrangedin the eyes of the wings and adapted to engage the keeper, and bracessecured to the wings at the bottoms thereof and projecting therefrom andprovided with hooks to engage those of the body when the end gate is ina vertical position and to form a support for the link bars when the endgate is lowered,

substantially as described.

l0. The combination of a body provided at the bottom of its sides withhooks, an end gate having wings provided with eyes, llink bars connectedto the body, locking levers hinged to the rear ends of the link bars andreceived by said eyes, a keeper arranged on the back or outer face ofthe end gate for engaging the locking levers, and braces secured to thewings at the bottoms thereof and projecting forward therefrom, andprovided a short distance from their front ends with laterally extendingflanges forming hooks for engaging those of the body when the end gateis in a vertical position, and for supporting the link bars when the endgate is, lowered, substantially as described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto aflXedmy signature in the presence of two witnesses.

GEORGE C. FLAGG.

Witnesses:

GEO. WHITAKER, NATHAN PAINTER.

